Improvement in garters



` W. W.v ANDERSON. Garter.

N0 220,692- Patented Oct. 21,1879.

N. PETERS, PMo0L11HOGRAPHEn. WASHINGTON. D C

UNITED STATES PATENT OEEIcE.

WILLIAM W. ANDER-SON, OF NEW YORK, N. Y.

IMPROVEMENT IN GARTERS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 220,692, dated October` 21, 1879; application tiled September 4, 1879` To all whom t may concern:

Be it known that I, WILLIAM W. ANDER- sON, of- New York, in the county and Sta-te of New York, have invented a new and useful Improvement in Garters, particularly adapted to gentlemens use, and that the following is a full and complete description of the same.

fore become of importance to the purchaser of large quantities, and determine which of rival articles shall appear or hold place in the mar-r ket.

The object of my invention is, first, to render the garter easily adjustable to tit the user; second, to reduce the cost, and also incidentally to enhance efficiency and durability.

These objects are accomplished, rst, by decreasing the number of parts; and, second, by

reducing the number of fastenin gs required to hold the parts together.

l employ but a single piece offabric--elastic orinelastic webbing, as may be preferred-and i three metallic pieces in the structure of my garter, and only one of said metallic pieces is permanently attached to said webbing.

A garter of this class is composed of a belt or strap for the leg above the calf, and a part pendent therefrom to engage with the top edge of the sock to support the same.

It is evident if a single piece of webbing be extended up the leg from the socle and then carried around the leg, an unpleasant and uncomfortable fold will be formed. If to avoid this the web is folded upon itself at a proper point and stitched together, then the point of folding will not, therefore, be adjustable, and, besides, the holdingstitches will be insecure and liable to rip. Ot' the metallic attachments the clip or clasp to seize the edge of the sock is the most costly, and heretofore two have generally been used on each garter. For one of them a plain hook is herein substituted, and a piece of metal with narrow slots, representing three sides of atriangle, through which the web is inserted in and out, and therebyr folded at any desired angle, and its direction changed without sewing and without danger of ripping stitches, and yet so that the point of fold may be changed and adjusted at will. One extremity of said web is provided with a clip to clamp the edge of the stocking. The other extremity is provided with a plain hook to engage said fold-plate.

My invention, therefore, consists, first, in a garter made from a single piece of webbing, bearing at one end a clip to engage the stocking, and at the other end a hook 5 and, second, a plate with slots inclined to each other as the sides of a triangle, through which said webbing is inserted and its direction changed.

That others may fully understand my invention, I will particularly describe it, having reference to the accompanying drawings, wherein- Figure 1 is a perspective, showing my gari ter in operation. Fig. 2 represents the same with parts detached. Fig. 3 represents (in dotted lines) the modes of the several adjustments.

A is the garter-strip, of elastic or inelastic l webbing or other suitable material. B is the fold-plate, having slots b c d arranged to each other as the sides of a triangle, through which the webbing is inserted, as showni. c., rst through b forward from the back, then backward through c, and again forward through d. It is evident the angular arrangement of the slots b c d may be varied to produce any desired angular change of direction of the web A.

By means of the fold-plate B the direction of the web A is changed without trouble or labor other than that required to place the web through the slots, or shift the position of the same, as may be desired, and wit-hout danger of detachment, accidental or otherwise.

At the pendent end a a clasp or clip, E, is permanently secured. A hook, G, is provided with a double loop, g, or some other conven ient means of adjustment upon the web A, and the bill of said hook is passed throughaslot, h, in the plate B, to secure t-he garter around the leg.

The comfort and convenience of the wearer requires that the garter shall encircle the leg always at about the same point; but itmay be necessary to vary the length of the pendent part frequently to accommodate socks of dit'- ferent lengths in the leg, and the method of making such adjustment consists in changing the positions of the plate B and hook G, as shown in Fig. 3.

It is apparent that this device may be usefully employed for other purposes than garters-as, for instance, for arrnlets to support shirt-sleeves, as dress-supporters for ladies use, &c. Such uses will notin volve any change, except in dimensions of the parts.

Having fully described my invention, what I claim as new is- 1. A garter composed of the web A, provided with a clip at one end and a hook at the other, combined with a fold-plate, B, provided with slots, through which said web may be passed in and out to change its direction and hold it in position, as set forth.

2. A garter composed of a single web, A, combined with a fold-plate, B, whereby its fold upon itself is held securely and adjustably without stitches or the permanent fastenings, and provided with clip E and hook G, substantially as set forth.

3. A garter composed of a single web, A, and provided with a clip, E, permanently at tached to one end of said web, combined with au adjustable fold-plate, B, and an adjustable hook, G, at the free end of the belt, whereby the length of the pendent enda may be varied, without varying the length of the belt, by shifting the position ot' the said plate and hook, substantially as set forth.

WM. W. ANDERSON.

Witnesses:

GEO. H. FLETCHER, WILLIAM M. ADLER. 

